In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Erica and Ian McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I wished that I had had the space to set up a 'try-it' pillow >nearby...
I demonstrate quite frequently (was out yesterday, too!) and stopped taking a "try it" pillow a long time ago. Usually, the patterns people put on these pillows only show cloth stitch, usually in bandage or snake form, and don't give any real impression of making lace as opposed to a bit of cloth that could possibly have been woven in any number of ways. What I do is to make sure that the piece I am working on (currently a new Bucks insertion design) has sufficient "easy" bits in it to enable anyone who wants to have a go, to do so in the piece I'm working. Under supervision, the stitches they do are just as good as the rest, after all. Yesterday I had a girl of about 12-13 work most of a mayflower, she picked up what to do after just watching me do two or three stitches. OK, they don't get to take the piece home at the end of the day, but they can see that what they have done is part of a piece of lace, and when you return to the same venue with a long piece in progress, quite often they come and ask how you are getting on and proudly boast that "I did some of that, didn't I?" to whoever is with them. I always take details of the local classes for whatever area, or how to find them, with me. -- Jane Partridge To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
